Historical Events In August - 11

1989 "Nightmare on Elm Street 5 The Dream Child" premiers

1989 Voyager 2 discovers 2 partial rings of Neptune

1990 Egypt and Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion

1994 History was made on August 11, 1994, when the first retail transaction on the Internet was carried out using a readily available version of powerful data encryption software designed to guarantee privacy.

1941 British PM Winston Churchill and US President Franklin Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter

1960 Chad gains independence from France

1966 Indonesian Malaysian peace agreement signed in Djakarta

1772 The birth of Jean Victor Moreau, French general

1892 The birth of Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet

1897 The birth of Enid Blyton, English author

2006 A resolution to end the 2006 Lebanon War is unanimously accepted by the United Nations Security Council.

2007 Presidential and parliamentary elections were held in Sierra Leone.

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